Jets Fuel
If you haven't heard the exciting news about Blake Schwarzenbach's new band, I suggest you check out that link I just provided for you. You should be sufficiently stoked. Seriously. I know I am.
Look, I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't into Jawbreaker when they were still together. It's slightly before my time/I just didn't know about them. I like them now, but I'd also be lying if I said I owned any of their stuff. I just didn't click with them...
Not so with Mr. Blake's next band, however. I love, love, LOVE, love Jets To Brazil. I own Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Four Cornered Night and Perfecting Loneliness. Okay, so technically, I only have a ripped copy of Loneliness. But I used to own it, then I loaned it to a friend and I never saw it again. Can't really say that I blame them--it's an amazing record. I also have a bootleg rip of JTB playing at the Middle East in Boston June 30, 2003. That was a year before I moved to Boston, but the Middle East was one of my favorite venues in that city, so I like to think I could picture them playing.
"Sea Anemone" might be one of my favorite songs of all time--probably even in my top five (if someone put a gun to my head and made me actually define a top five). I could listen to it on repeat for hours and I'd never get tired of it. That type of music-playing isn't really new for me (just ask Scott. I think he's about ready to kill me for how much I've been playing the new Rejects). But "Sea Anemone" is truly one of those songs that I can hear over and over and actually hear it, each time. Every inflection of Blake's vocals. Every guitar strum. Every line: "Turtle on its back in the desert sea/And you look like a cool drink/Just slightly out of reach."
Anyway, to me, it's just one of those perfect songs, where you actually feel and believe and see every line. I know that sounds totally cheesy, but I think most people who've been touched by a song or a band know exactly what I'm talking about. And it's exciting to me, because I feel like lately, not as many songs have had the same kind of effect on me as "Sea Anemone" or "Via Chicago" by Wilco or "World Away" by Matthew Jay or "Your House" (the acoustic version) by Jimmy Eat World or "Guess I'm Doing Fine" by Beck or "Thirteen" by Ben Kweller. There are only so many bands that I've actually listened to a song and believed it could have been written exactly for me.
Jets To Brazil are like that for me.
And while JTB sadly are no more, quite possibly the next best thing are playing tonight in Brooklyn. And I'm in Cleveland, eating leftover Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie.
Hey. At least I have my stereo.
Look, I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't into Jawbreaker when they were still together. It's slightly before my time/I just didn't know about them. I like them now, but I'd also be lying if I said I owned any of their stuff. I just didn't click with them...
Not so with Mr. Blake's next band, however. I love, love, LOVE, love Jets To Brazil. I own Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Four Cornered Night and Perfecting Loneliness. Okay, so technically, I only have a ripped copy of Loneliness. But I used to own it, then I loaned it to a friend and I never saw it again. Can't really say that I blame them--it's an amazing record. I also have a bootleg rip of JTB playing at the Middle East in Boston June 30, 2003. That was a year before I moved to Boston, but the Middle East was one of my favorite venues in that city, so I like to think I could picture them playing.
"Sea Anemone" might be one of my favorite songs of all time--probably even in my top five (if someone put a gun to my head and made me actually define a top five). I could listen to it on repeat for hours and I'd never get tired of it. That type of music-playing isn't really new for me (just ask Scott. I think he's about ready to kill me for how much I've been playing the new Rejects). But "Sea Anemone" is truly one of those songs that I can hear over and over and actually hear it, each time. Every inflection of Blake's vocals. Every guitar strum. Every line: "Turtle on its back in the desert sea/And you look like a cool drink/Just slightly out of reach."
Anyway, to me, it's just one of those perfect songs, where you actually feel and believe and see every line. I know that sounds totally cheesy, but I think most people who've been touched by a song or a band know exactly what I'm talking about. And it's exciting to me, because I feel like lately, not as many songs have had the same kind of effect on me as "Sea Anemone" or "Via Chicago" by Wilco or "World Away" by Matthew Jay or "Your House" (the acoustic version) by Jimmy Eat World or "Guess I'm Doing Fine" by Beck or "Thirteen" by Ben Kweller. There are only so many bands that I've actually listened to a song and believed it could have been written exactly for me.
Jets To Brazil are like that for me.
And while JTB sadly are no more, quite possibly the next best thing are playing tonight in Brooklyn. And I'm in Cleveland, eating leftover Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie.
Hey. At least I have my stereo.
4 Comments:
OMG. Just heard about this, as well.
I'm slightly losing it. Jawbreaker and I were inseparable a few years ago, and I was definitely a Pinhead Gunpowder fan (yay for Aaron Commetbus!), too. Can't believe these two guys are in ONE band.
Unbelievable.
Aww, I was hoping this was going to be about JTB when I saw the headline. I hear you, though I love both Jawbreaker and Jets equally, they together hold #1 status for me in my favorite bands list. And I have this inkling that is about to become a trifecta. Any way I could somehow get a copy of that Middle East footage (I'm from Boston)?
If I ever get married, I want Sweet Avenue to be my wedding song. :)
Hey, Alyssa! "This day good someday be, an anniversary" AND "now all these tastes improve through the view that comes with you"--what a great wedding song.
Anyway, the Middle East show is just audio, but you can find it here:
http://bsidesrus.blogspot.com/2008/03/jets-to-brazil.html
Happy listening!
Awesome! Thanks so much Rachel. :)
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